E-Board of 2016-2017

Co-President: Christine Zhu

Christine is the Co-President of Brandeis ESS for the 2016-2017 school year, and she has been involved with ESS since freshman year. She is currently a junior at Brandeis University.

What is your spirit animal? His/her name:My spirit animal is a tiger named Amelia. She is fierce and determined, and full of personality.

Where would you go for your dream vacation:I would go to Europe because I have always loved and dreamed about their cultures, their foods and their history. Everything just seems so idealistic.

Favorite/least favorite courses:My favorite course is the evolution course I took here in Brandeis. Professor Morris really composed a wonderful course on explaining the evolution of life. My least favorite course would have to be organic chemistry. It is not became my teacher was bad. In fact, she was an amazing professor. It's just organic chemistry and I could never be friends.

Favorite Quote:"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Favorite movie or book:My favorite movie would have to be Finding Dory. It was too adorable.

Side hobby:I love to go and try new foods, so my hobbies include trying different restaurants and if I have time, learning more of the culinary arts.

Biggest Fear:My biggest fear is that everything I worked for would be for nothing.

Co-President: Meisui Liu

Meisui is the Co-President of Brandeis ESS for the 2016-2017 school year, and she has been involved with ESS since freshman year. She is currently a Junior studying Biology and Health: Science, Society, and Policy (HSSP) at Brandeis University.

What is your spirit animal? His/her name:My spirit animal is a cat and her name is Lily. We would chase little red laser beam dots for fun in our free time!

Where would you go for your dream vacation:When it becomes possible, I want to travel to the moon for my vacation. Why settle for a place on Earth when we have the means for space travel?

Favorite course:My favorite course at Brandeis is Human Osteology taught by Professor Urcid. I love being able to determine age, sex, and other characteristics of an individual just by looking at certain parts of their bones. It is a very hands on course, and Professor Urcid is absolutely inspiring!

Favorite Quote:"The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something." - Randy Pausch

Favorite movie or book:My favorite book has to be "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. Professor Pausch wrote the book while he was coping with terminal pancreatic cancer, yet his outlook on life was more optimistic and inspiring than most people.

Side hobby:I love to bake!

What is your guilty pleasure:There are some days when I binge watch a TV show (currently Jane the Virgin) and consume an unhealthy amount of chocolate while I am at it.

Treasurer: Lizzie Kim

What is your spirit animal? His/her name:​The singer David Bowie

Where would you go for your dream vacation:Paris and/or Florence

​Favorite course:My favorite class was in contemporary art, but I think this was based mostly on the professor

​Favorite Quote:"Either you know what you want, and you don't get what you want. Or you get what you want and then you don't know what you want." Diane Nguyen

​Favorite movie or book:My favorite book is Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

​Side hobby:Fragrances and baking

What is your guilty pleasure:Watching Netflix while eating pasta

Treasurer (in-Training) Chloe Lyu

What is your spirit animal? His/her name? Saru the Monkey

Where would you go for your dream vacation:I would go to Japanese hot springs.

Side hobby:Kendo (Japanese Fencing) Most inspiring moment in life:When I stood in front of the Minoh Waterfall in Osaka, Japan in 2014 with my host family. I learned that I want to study international relations.

Events Coordinator: Akshiti Todi

​Where would you go for your dream vacation:For my dream vacation, I would go camping in the middle of a forest in Africa and make s'mores on the campfire.

​​Favorite course:I switched from majoring in Economics and Business to Psychology and Education Studies and actually doing what I loved! My favorite courses that I've taken till now are The Sociology Of Education and The Psychology Of Love because they made me view my life in a new light.

​Favorite Quote:La Vie En Rose Life through rose tinted glasses

​Favorite movie or book:My favorite movies are Begin Again, Whiplash, Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Sound of Music.My favorite books are the Harry Potter series, A Series Of Unfortunate Events, The Book Thief and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

​​Side hobby:Eating. I also dance sometimes.

What is your guilty pleasure:I spent the summer interning in a village in India teaching girls dancing. I think the most beautiful moment of my life was on the last day of class when they bought me presents, letters and homemade food to thank me. These girls did not even have enough to feed their stomachs. They worked from morning to night, took care of their families and studied in their spare time. They may have thought of me as inspiring, but it was them who had changed my entire perspective on the world.

Senior Advisor: Eddy Zheng

Senior Advisor: Erica Chai

Web-interface Director (in-Training): Steven Chen

What is your spirit animal:My spirit animal is a red panda, and his name is Alfredo. He is my spirit animal because redpandas are mostly solitary animals who love to lie around and eat food.

Where would you go for your dream vacation:I would want to go to Japan, since I would want to experience their culture as well as their authentic Japanesecuisine

Favorite/least favorite courses:Favorite course: 3D animationLeast Favorite courses: PhysicsQuote:Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Favorite movie: The Martian

Side hobby:Rowing

Exciting thing you have tried: Competing in the Head of the Charles was a new and exhilarating experience.

2015-2016 E-Board Members

2014-2015 E-Board members

Co-President: Ben Wang

What is your spirit animal and what is his or her name?. My spirit animal is a pangolin. His name is Fred. He's like an armadillo but with much cooler scales. He walks on two legs and uses his two front paws to dig. Then he sticks out his long tongue to slurp up his prey.

What is your favorite course at Brandeis?Introduction to Finance and Organic Chemistry

What is your favorite or dream destination for vacation?I would love to visit Australia

What is your favorite movie?Anything Christopher Nolan directs.

What is your favorite quote?"When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. Because there's a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell? Leap. "

What are your side hobbies?I like to fix broken computers and make them like new again.I also enjoy snowboarding .

What is the most exciting thing you’ve ever tried or experienced?I recently tried the virtual reality system called Oculus Rift. Once I put the apparatus on my eyes, I can look in any direction and I'd be looking the same direction in the virtual world. I went on a roller coaster and when it came down, I felt my fingers and feet dropping and my body reacting the way I do when I go on roller coasters. It was bizarre how real it felt. It was even scarier since the game could put me so high up in the air!

Co-President: Eddy Zheng

What is your spirit animal? His/her name?A black mamba named Kobe.

What is your favorite course? Organic Chemistry lab was amazing. If I had my own university, I would make that class a graduation requirement.

What is your favorite or dream destination for vacation?London.

What is your favorite movie or TV show?I don't like naming favorites, but horror movies are on the top of my list.

What is your favorite quote?"Don't believe everything you see on the internet." - Abraham Lincoln

Any side hobbies you would like to share?Eight-ball pool.

What is your guilty pleasure?Sometimes I eat chocolate on my bed.

Treasurer: Vivian Chen

What is your spirit animal and what is his or her name?My spirit plant is a resilient coastal redwood named Alana who now bathes in the sun of her success, 400 ft. above ground.

Which is your favorite course? I enjoy any course with a side of history.

What is your favorite or dream destination for vacation?Naturally, my favorite hotspots all involve dusty streets and broken buildings that have somehow withstood the test of time.

What is your favorite TV show?Friends will always be my #1, because “How you doin’?”

What do you fear the most?And I am terrified of waking up one day to a cat trying to claw off my face.

Arts Coordinator: Coco Tirambulo

Hello! My name is Coco Tirambulo, and I am currently a junior studying Biology, Environment Science, and Anthropology.

What is your spirit animal and what is his or her name?I would have to say that my spirit animal would have to be snacks because snacks really define me.

What is your favorite course?My favorite course would have to be a golf course (hahaha)

Where is your favorite or dream destination for vacation?And my dream destination for vacation would be somewhere in Italy.

What is your favorite TV show?My favorite TV show is Game of Thrones.

What is your favorite quotation?And, my favorite quotation is "The Earth without art is.... eh."

What are your side hobbies?Some of my hobbies would be photography, golf, soccer, and shopping.

What is your guilty pleasure?My guilty pleasure would have to be melon bars.

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Arts Coordinator: Arun Sundaram

1. What is your spirit animal? His/her name?My spirit animal is a chameleon named Herbie.

2. What is your favorite course?Physics and computer science.

3. What is your favorite or dream destination for vacation?Anywhere with good thunderstorms.

5. Favorite quote? "Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." -- TE Lawrence

6. Any side hobbies you would like to share?I play table tennis, cricket and design t-shirts. I also dabble in metallurgy with my cousin's home-built forge.

7. What is the most exciting thing you’ve ever tried/experienced?Driving up to a concert in Boston mid-blizzard, getting lost on foot, finding salvation in a Best Buy and eventually arriving just in time for an amazing show.

Funs/Event Coordinator: James Lee

What is your spirit animal and what is his or her name?A puppy sized elephant named Ralph, and we are the best of friends.

What is your favorite course?Dumplings. But for my favorite courses at Brandeis, they are Biology or Organic Chemistry.

Where is your favorite or dream destination for vacation?Not sure really, probably not Canada though (no offense to Canadians, I just spend too much time cold already)

What is your favorite book?Favorite book, probably Sirens of Titan and Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut. I also like anything horror.

What is your favorite quote:"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something"

What are your side hobbies?Rock climbing and juggling (also a lot of video games)

What is your most embarrassing moment?Back in high school I lived in a dorm, which made things pretty complicated sometimes, namely the very unnecessary set of alarms on the doors during the night. So, basically, there were several gender specific wings with rooms, common rooms, and bathrooms, etc. So, when night came, everyone would be hustled onto their wings and the wing doors would set an alarm for the night. Now, these alarms were less to keep people and more to just keep people in, because of reasons...(-_-)

Anyways, back then I was a pretty early riser too. Why not sleep like a decent human? Well, that was because I was pretty paranoid about missing classes (two unexcused absences resulted in academic probation, which was about as much fun as it sounded). Well, this one night I was sleeping pretty soundly when my alarm went off, and I sort of woke with a start. The clock read 1, and my room was empty. So I started to freak; basically I had missed 3 morning classes. So I quickly got dressed grabbed my backpack and sprinted out the wing, out the dorm, and straight through to the academic building.

Since I already told you this story would be a little embarrassing, let me just skip to the aftermath. So I set off enough alarms to warrant an emergency call from the dorms, which involved police and fire departments coming to see why someone was trying to force their way in or out. I may have also set off security alarms for the academic building (still not sure about that). I didn't realize what happened until an officer kind of found me, sat me down, and informed me I was being an overall nuisance. Yup, so I won't go into the rest of that night, because it was really awkward explaining to the rest of school what I was doing and why an officer had to escort me to my room.

Outreach Coordinator: Hina Byat

What is your spirit animal and what is his or her name?My spirit animal is a dear and his name is Chewy. What is your favorite course?My favorite course at Brandeis would have to be Evolution and Biodiversity taught by James Morris. What is your favorite or dream destination for vacation?My dream destination would probably have to be vacationing at a five star hotel in the middle of Florence. What is your favorite movie?By far the best show on Earth, Friends! What is your favorite quote?My favorite quote is in Urdu, which was my first language, but it translates to, “the peaceful ocean is saying to the raging river, that the one with the most strength is the one who is calm and patient”. It sounds a little funny translated, but it’s a beautiful quote in Urdu. What are your side hobbies?I like to read in my spare time. It’s not really an interesting hobby, but it’s relaxing.

What do you fear the most?I think the thing I fear the most is snakes.

Outreach Coordinator: Andrew Ho

What is your spirit animal and what is his or her name?My spirit animal is a sea turtle. His name is Ferdinand Magellan.What is your favorite course?I always enjoy dessert. The main course can also be very good. But my favorite course at Brandeis is ECON134B Public Sector Economics with Coiner.Where is your favorite or dream destination for vacation?I would like to go to go to Omaha, Nebraska. I hear it's lovely there.What is your favorite movie, TV show, book, or author?Favorite movie: Django UnchainedFavorite tv show: Parks and RecreationFavorite book: A Fine Balance - Rohinton MistryFavorite author: Roald Dahl

Which is your favorite quote?"Not all those who wander are lost." JRR TolkienWhat are your side hobbies?As a violinist and concertmaster of the Brandeis Wellesley Orchestra, I'd like to encourage all those who read this to come see our concerts! This semester we'll be performing the Shostakovich 5th Symphony. It will be amazing!

What do you fear the most?I'm terrified of insects that can fly. I hate dealing with them, their buzz when they come close to the ears, and how they act so haughty all the time just because they can fly.

Outreach Coordinator: Christine Zhu

What is your spirit animal and what is his or her name?I would say my spirit animal is a dog. I guess her name would be Ataraxia. She would be calm and loyal. She would be there no matter what happen and accepting. The silence would be our friend, and we would be able to sit side by side in peace. What is your favorite course?This is a tough question. I have often found myself debating between math and science. In math, I love exploring the logic and seeing how we can manipulating numbers to find answers. I always viewed math as a way to play with numbers, and manipulating them to my bidding. For science, I love the idea of figuring out how life works, which brings me to the debate between chemistry and biology. In chemistry, we look at the particles and how they interact in various conditions. In biology, we look at how life works. Where is your favorite or dream destination for vacation?My dream destination for a vacation is a backpacking trip around Europe with my friends. I don't want to go on a tourist trip. I want to live the daily lives and breathe the culture of the various different countries found in the continent of Europe. After years of studying their histories, I want to see the how they evolved the way of life in modern times. What is your favorite movie, TV show, book, or author?My favorite movie is A Beautiful Mind. It will make you think. My favorite T.V. shows are Sherlock BBC and Hannibal. I am absolutely in love with mysteries! My favorite book at this time is The Fault in Our Stars. John Green is just an amazing writer and once I picked up his book I could not put it down until it was finished. What is your favorite quote?"On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”

-Antione de Saint-Exupery, The Little PrinceWhat are your side hobbies?I love to bake. Baking is so much fun. Throughout my senior year, my friends and I would bake every day. We had a recipe book and one of our goals is to finish every recipe in the book, and this book has around 200 recipes. We'll get there, eventually. What is the most inspiring moment of your life?The most inspiring thing I've ever done was volunteer in Taiwan. I taught in underprivileged schools. which did not have as much resources in normal schools and I realized that education can make the biggest difference in a children's life. It's amazing what older students can do to help others. The influence we can have on the younger generation can change the way they see the world and it was inspiring to know that I could make a difference, even if I was only to get to know them for 2 weeks.

Senior Advisor: Wendy Moy '15

What is your spirit animal and what is his or her name?My spirit animal is an elephant, currently nameless.

Which is your favorite course at Brandeis?Among my favorite courses at Brandeis are The Neurobiology of Human Diseases, The China Outside China: Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Diaspora in the Making of Modern China, and Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience.

What is your favorite or dream destination for vacation?I would like to go to Southeast Asia, but anywhere is good!

What is your favorite book or movie? Who is your favorite author?Atul Gawande and Jhumpa Lahiri. My favorite movie is the Princess Bride.

What is your favorite quote?“I like nonsense - it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope... and that enables you to laugh at all of life's realities. ” - Dr Seuss

What are some of your side hobbies?I enjoy volunteering! I like to read, take long walks, and explore nature.

What is the most inspiring moment of your life?Seeing people give back to their community always inspire me. I don't have any particular example, but hearing people's stories is a big motivator for me to volunteer. It is quite powerful to see people unite for a common cause.

Web Interface Director: Erica Chai

1. What is your spirit animal? His/her name?My spirit animal is a koala named Shaylee. 2. What is your favorite course?Anything with math :)

3. What is your favorite or dream destination for vacation?Switzerland.4. Favorite movie/TV show/book/novel/author?Favorite TV show is Sherlock BBC and favorite novel is Cleopatra's Daughter. 5. Favorite quote? “We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.” “Smart people learn from their mistakes. But wise people learn from the mistakes of others.”“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” - Dr. Seuss“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” - Oscar Wilde

6. Any side hobbies you would like to share?I like various handcrafts such as jewelry-making, crocheting, cross-stitching, and folding origami especially building 3D origami. I also enjoy managing a blog and translating news.

7. What do you fear the most?I fear cockroaches the most, absolutely hate them especially the German ones that can fly! I also hate and fear the noise of styrofoam, even typing it now makes me get goosebumps so I would avoid being near any if possible!

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